Re: Great\very good fighters with very unorthodox or sloppy punching method

I'd like to add Montiel. He'll go stretches as a classic Mexican Chavez wannabe, but then he breaks into some very unorthodox power-punches. His feet won't tell you he's going to tee off, his shots will come out of weird angles. He'll zig when he's been zagging and zag when he's started a definite pattern of zigging. I like the Canzoneri shout. A genius of awkwardness.

Re: Great\very good fighters with very unorthodox or sloppy punching method

Timothy Bradley is the first name that springs to mind that hasn't been mentioned yet. Maybe that's because he hasn't proven to be of the great/very good variety, but I'd still throw him in since his contemporaries Froch, Montiel and Darchinyan have been included. I think Bradley's technique is often very poor, just sloppy clubbing punching where proximity, volume, and bad intentions make up for a dire lack of precision, technique, and power. He is effective but technically bad, much like Joe Calzaghe.

Re: Great\very good fighters with very unorthodox or sloppy punching method

Gene Fullmer - king of crude. He actually had no style. His jab was like a swipe, but if you got into a clinch with him you had better hold tight to both arms because if one was free he would be hitting you on the top of the head, the kidneys, etc. For all his faults though, what a fighter!